Endothelial cell flow-mediated quiescence is temporally regulated and utilizes the cell cycle inhibitor p27.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endothelial cells regulate their cell cycle as blood vessels remodel and transition to quiescence downstream of blood flow-induced mechanotransduction. Laminar blood flow leads to quiescence, but how flow-mediated quiescence is established and maintained is poorly understood.

Methods

Primary human endothelial cells were exposed to laminar flow regimens and gene expression manipulations, and quiescence depth was analyzed via time to cell cycle re-entry after flow cessation. Mouse and zebrafish endothelial expression patterns were examined via scRNA seq analysis, and mutant or morphant fish lacking p27 were analyzed for endothelial cell cycle regulation and in vivo cellular behaviors.

Results

Arterial flow-exposed endothelial cells had a distinct trans

SUBMITTER: Tanke NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473767 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature